Files can now be linked to multiple bookings and places simultaneously
via a new file_links junction table. Booking modal includes a file picker
to link existing uploads. Unlinking removes the association without
deleting the file.
Admins can create one-time registration links (1–5× or unlimited uses)
with optional expiry (1d–14d or never). Recipients can register even
when public registration is disabled. Atomic usage counting prevents
race conditions, all endpoints are rate-limited.
## Collab — Complete Redesign
- iMessage-style live chat with blue bubbles, grouped messages, date separators
- Emoji reactions via right-click (desktop) or double-tap (mobile)
- Twemoji (Apple-style) emoji picker with categories
- Link previews with OG image/title/description
- Soft-delete messages with "deleted a message" placeholder
- Message reactions with real-time WebSocket sync
- Chat timestamps respect 12h/24h setting and timezone
## Collab Notes
- Redesigned note cards with colored header bar (booking-card style)
- 2-column grid layout (desktop), 1-column (mobile)
- Category settings modal for managing categories with colors
- File/image attachments on notes with mini-preview thumbnails
- Website links with OG image preview on note cards
- File preview portal (lightbox for images, inline viewer for PDF/TXT)
- Note files appear in Files tab with "From Collab Notes" badge
- Pin highlighting with tinted background
- Author avatar chip in header bar with custom tooltip
## Collab Polls
- Complete rewrite — clean Apple-style poll cards
- Animated progress bars with vote percentages
- Blue check circles for own votes, voter avatars
- Create poll modal with multi-choice toggle
- Active/closed poll sections
- Custom tooltips on voter chips
## What's Next Widget
- New widget showing upcoming trip activities
- Time display with "until" separator
- Participant chips per activity
- Day grouping (Today, Tomorrow, dates)
- Respects 12h/24h and locale settings
## Route Travel Times
- Auto-calculated walking + driving times via OSRM (free, no API key)
- Floating badge on each route segment between places
- Walking person icon + car icon with times
- Hides when zoomed out (< zoom 16)
- Toggle in Settings > Display to enable/disable
## Other Improvements
- Collab addon enabled by default for new installations
- Coming Soon removed from Collab in admin settings
- Tab state persisted across page reloads (sessionStorage)
- Day sidebar expanded/collapsed state persisted
- File preview with extension badges (PDF, TXT, etc.) in Files tab
- Collab Notes filter tab in Files
- Reservations section in Day Detail view
- Dark mode fix for invite button text color
- Chat scroll hidden (no visible scrollbar)
- Mobile: tab icons removed for space, touch-friendly UI
- Fixed 6 backend data structure bugs in Collab (polls, chat, notes)
- Soft-delete for chat messages (persists in history)
- Message reactions table (migration 28)
- Note attachments via trip_files with note_id (migration 30)
## Database Migrations
- Migration 27: budget_item_members table
- Migration 28: collab_message_reactions table
- Migration 29: soft-delete column on collab_messages
- Migration 30: note_id on trip_files, website on collab_notes
- New budget_item_members junction table (migration 27)
- Assign trip members to budget items via avatar chips in Persons column
- Per-person split auto-calculated from assigned member count
- Per-person summary integrated into total budget card
- Member chips rendered via portal dropdown (no overflow clipping)
- Mobile: larger touch-friendly chips (30px) under item name
- Desktop: compact chips (20px) in Persons column
- Custom NOMAD-style tooltips on chips
- WebSocket live sync for all member operations
- Fix invite button text color in dark mode
- Widen budget layout to 1800px max-width
- Shorten "Per Person/Day" column header
- Times are now per-assignment instead of per-place, so the same place
on different days can have different times
- Migration 26 adds assignment_time/assignment_end_time columns
- New endpoint PUT /assignments/:id/time for updating assignment times
- Time picker removed from place creation (only shown when editing)
- End-before-start validation disables save button
- Time collision warning shows overlapping activities on the same day
- Fix participant avatars using avatar_url instead of avatar filename
- Rename "Add Place" to "Add Place/Activity" (DE + EN)
- Improve README update instructions with docker inspect tip
- Add /api/health endpoint (returns 200 OK without auth)
- Update docker-compose healthcheck to use /api/health
- Admin: configurable allowed file types
- Budget categories can now be renamed (inline edit)
- Place inspector: opening hours + files side by side on desktop
- Address clamped to 2 lines, coordinates hidden on mobile
- Category icon-only on mobile, rating hidden on mobile
- Time validation: "10" becomes "10:00"
- Hotel picker: separate save button, edit opens full popup
- Day header background improved for dark mode
- Notes: 150 char limit with counter, textarea input
- Files grid: full width when no opening hours
- Various responsive fixes
- Assignment participants: toggle who joins each activity
- Chips with hover-to-remove (strikethrough effect)
- Add button with dropdown for available members
- Avatars in day plan sidebar
- Side-by-side with reservation in place inspector
- Right-click context menus for places, notes in day plan + places list
- Budget categories can now be renamed (pencil icon inline edit)
- Admin: configurable allowed file types (stored in app_settings)
- File manager shows allowed types dynamically
- Hotel picker: select place + save button (no auto-close)
- Edit pencil opens full hotel popup with all options
- Place inspector: opening hours + files side by side on desktop
- Address clamped to 2 lines, coordinates hidden on mobile
- Category shows icon only on mobile
- Rating hidden on mobile in place inspector
- Time validation: "10" becomes "10:00"
- Climate weather: full hourly data from archive API
- CustomSelect: grouped headers support (isHeader)
- Various responsive fixes
BREAKING: Reservations have been completely rebuilt. Existing place-level
reservations are no longer used. All reservations must be re-created via
the Bookings tab. Your trips, places, and other data are unaffected.
Reservation System (rebuilt from scratch):
- Reservations now link to specific day assignments instead of places
- Same place on different days can have independent reservations
- New assignment picker in booking modal (grouped by day, searchable)
- Removed day/place dropdowns from booking form
- Reservation badges in day plan sidebar with type-specific icons
- Reservation details in place inspector (only for selected assignment)
- Reservation summary in day detail panel
Day Detail Panel (new):
- Opens on day click in the sidebar
- Detailed weather: hourly forecast, precipitation, wind, sunrise/sunset
- Historical climate averages for dates beyond 16 days
- Accommodation management with check-in/check-out, confirmation number
- Hotel assignment across multiple days with day range picker
- Reservation overview for the day
Places:
- Places can now be assigned to the same day multiple times
- Start time + end time fields (replaces single time field)
- Map badges show multiple position numbers (e.g. "1 · 4")
- Route optimization fixed for duplicate places
- File attachments during place editing (not just creation)
- Cover image upload during trip creation (not just editing)
- Paste support (Ctrl+V) for images in trip, place, and file forms
Internationalization:
- 200+ hardcoded German strings translated to i18n (EN + DE)
- Server error messages in English
- Category seeds in English for new installations
- All planner, register, photo, packing components translated
UI/UX:
- Auto dark mode (follows system preference, configurable in settings)
- Navbar toggle switches light/dark (overrides auto)
- Sidebar minimize buttons z-index fixed
- Transport mode selector removed from day plan
- CustomSelect supports grouped headers (isHeader option)
- Optimistic updates for day notes (instant feedback)
- Booking cards redesigned with type-colored headers and structured details
Weather:
- Wind speed in mph when using Fahrenheit setting
- Weather description language matches app language
Admin:
- Weather info panel replaces OpenWeatherMap key input
- "Recommended" badge styling updated
- Replace OpenWeatherMap with Open-Meteo (no API key needed)
- 16-day forecast (up from 5 days)
- Historical climate averages as fallback beyond 16 days
- Auto-upgrade from climate to real forecast when available
- Fix Vacay WebSocket sync across devices (socket-ID exclusion instead of user-ID)
- Add GitHub release history tab in admin panel
- Show cluster count "1" for single map markers when zoomed out
- Add weather info panel in admin settings (replaces OpenWeatherMap key input)
- Update i18n translations (DE + EN)
- Vacay: click-and-drag to paint/erase vacation days across calendar
- Vacay: "Everyone" button sets days for all persons (2+ only)
- Budget: live currency conversion via frankfurter.app (cached 1h)
- Budget: conversion widget in total card with selectable target currency
- Day planner: remove transport mode buttons from day view
- Add version check against GitHub releases in admin dashboard
- Show amber banner when a newer version is available
- One-click update: git pull + npm install + auto-restart
- Confirmation dialog with backup recommendation and data safety info
- Dark mode support for update banner
- Fix fresh DB migration: initial schema now includes all columns
- i18n: English + German translations for all update UI
- Fix backup restore: try/finally ensures DB always reopens after closeDb
- Fix EBUSY on uploads during restore (in-place overwrite instead of rmSync)
- Add DB proxy null guard for clearer errors during restore window
- Add red warning modal before backup restore (DE/EN, dark mode support)
- JWT secret: empty docker-compose default so auto-generation kicks in
- OIDC: pass token via URL fragment instead of query param (no server logs)
- Block SVG uploads on photos, files and covers (stored XSS prevention)
- Add helmet for security headers (HSTS, X-Frame, nosniff, etc.)
- Explicit express.json body size limit (100kb)
- Fix XSS in Leaflet map markers (escape image_url in HTML)
- Remove verbose WebSocket debug logging from client
The biggest NOMAD update yet. Introduces a modular addon architecture and three major new features.
Addon System:
- Admin panel addon management with enable/disable toggles
- Trip addons (Packing List, Budget, Documents) dynamically show/hide in trip tabs
- Global addons appear in the main navigation for all users
Vacay — Vacation Day Planner (Global Addon):
- Monthly calendar view with international public holidays (100+ countries via Nager.Date API)
- Company holidays with auto-cleanup of conflicting entries
- User-based system: each NOMAD user is a person in the calendar
- Fusion system: invite other users to share a combined calendar with real-time WebSocket sync
- Vacation entitlement tracking with automatic carry-over to next year
- Full settings: block weekends, public holidays, company holidays, carry-over toggle
- Invite/accept/decline flow with forced confirmation modal
- Color management per user with collision detection on fusion
- Dissolve fusion with preserved entries
Atlas — Travel World Map (Global Addon):
- Fullscreen Leaflet world map with colored country polygons (GeoJSON)
- Glass-effect bottom panel with stats, continent breakdown, streak tracking
- Country tooltips with trip count, places visited, first/last visit dates
- Liquid glass hover effect on the stats panel
- Canvas renderer with tile preloading for maximum performance
- Responsive: mobile stats bars, no zoom controls on touch
Dashboard Widgets:
- Currency converter with 50 currencies, CustomSelect dropdowns, localStorage persistence
- Timezone widget with customizable city list, live updating clock
- Per-user toggle via settings button, bottom sheet on mobile
Admin Panel:
- Consistent dark mode across all tabs (CSS variable overrides)
- Online/offline status badges on user list via WebSocket
- Unified heading sizes and subtitles across all sections
- Responsive tab grid on mobile
Mobile Improvements:
- Vacay: slide-in sidebar drawer, floating toolbar, responsive calendar grid
- Atlas: top/bottom glass stat bars, no popups
- Trip Planner: fixed position content container prevents overscroll, portal-based sidebar buttons
- Dashboard: fixed viewport container, mobile widget bottom sheet
- Admin: responsive tab grid, compact buttons
- Global: overscroll-behavior fixes, modal scroll containment
Other:
- Trip tab labels: Planung→Karte, Packliste→Liste, Buchungen→Buchung (DE mobile)
- Reservation form responsive layout
- Backup panel responsive buttons
Features:
- Single Sign-On (OIDC) — login with Google, Apple, Authentik, Keycloak
- OpenStreetMap place search as free fallback when no Google API key
- Change password in user settings
- Delete own account (with last-admin protection)
- Last login column in admin user management
- SSO badge and provider info in user settings
- Google API key "Recommended" badge in admin panel
Improvements:
- API keys load correctly after page reload
- Validate auto-saves keys before testing
- Time format respects 12h/24h setting everywhere
- Dark mode fixes for popups and backup buttons
- Admin stats: removed photos, 4-column layout
- Profile picture upload button on avatar overlay
- TravelStats duplicate key fix
- Backup panel dark mode support
Hourly reset now restores entire DB from baseline snapshot instead of
just deleting demo trips. This reverts ALL demo user changes including
modifications to shared admin trips. Admin credentials (password, API
keys) are preserved across resets. Admin can save new baseline via
Admin Panel button. Removed demoWriteBlock middleware.
DEMO_MODE=true enables: auto-seeded admin + demo user, 3 example trips
(Tokyo, Barcelona, Wien), hourly reset of demo user data, one-click
demo login, visible banner with feature info. Zero behavior change
when DEMO_MODE is not set.
Real-Time Collaboration (WebSocket):
- WebSocket server with JWT auth and trip-based rooms
- Live sync for all CRUD operations (places, assignments, days, notes, budget, packing, reservations, files)
- Socket-based exclusion to prevent duplicate updates
- Auto-reconnect with exponential backoff
- Assignment move sync between days
Performance:
- 16 database indexes on all foreign key columns
- N+1 query fix in places, assignments and days endpoints
- Marker clustering (react-leaflet-cluster) with configurable radius
- List virtualization (react-window) for places sidebar
- useMemo for filtered places
- SQLite WAL mode + busy_timeout for concurrent writes
- Weather API: server-side cache (1h forecast, 15min current) + client sessionStorage
- Google Places photos: persisted to DB after first fetch
- Google Details: 3-tier cache (memory → sessionStorage → API)
Security:
- CORS auto-configuration (production: same-origin, dev: open)
- API keys removed from /auth/me response
- Admin-only endpoint for reading API keys
- Path traversal prevention in cover image deletion
- JWT secret persisted to file (survives restarts)
- Avatar upload file extension whitelist
- API key fallback: normal users use admin's key without exposure
- Case-insensitive email login
Dark Mode:
- Fixed hardcoded colors across PackingList, Budget, ReservationModal, ReservationsPanel
- Mobile map buttons and sidebar sheets respect dark mode
- Cluster markers always dark
UI/UX:
- Redesigned login page with animated planes, stars and feature cards
- Admin: create user functionality with CustomSelect
- Mobile: day-picker popup for assigning places to days
- Mobile: touch-friendly reorder buttons (32px targets)
- Mobile: responsive text (shorter labels on small screens)
- Packing list: index-based category colors
- i18n: translated date picker placeholder, fixed German labels
- Default map tile: CartoDB Light
